Entry Word: medium
Function: adjective
Text: 1 being about midway between extremes of amount or size <taxpayers of medium income> -- see MIDDLE 22 occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes <a politician who first reads the polls and then inevitably takes the medium stance on every issue> -- see MIDDLE 13 of average to below average quality <another medium effort from a movie director who can do better> -- see MEDIOCRE 1